Oregon Resources
Here are some resources that are available for
genealogical research in Oregon:
For vital records, write to:
- Oregon Health Division
Vital Statistics Section
P.O. Box 14050
Portland, OR 97293
Phone: (503) 731-4108
- They have birth and death records since January 1903, marriage records since January 1906, and divorce records since 1925. Call for costs. For marriage records, you can also check with the County Clerk in the County where the license was issued. For divorce records, you can also check with the County Circuit Court Clerk in the County where the divorce was granted.
- Archives Division
Secretary of State
800 Summer Street NE
Salem, OR 97310
- They have birth and death records for events occurring in Portland between 1880 and 1903.
For information on State Archives & Libraries, write to:
- Archives Division
Secretary of State
800 Summer Street NE
Salem, OR 97310
Telephone: (503) 373-0701
- Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00-5:00, closed Saturday, Sunday, and state holidays.
- They have death certificates from 1903-1943, probate records, naturalization records, land records, federal census records from 1850-1920, territorial census records from 1842-1905, rosters from Indian wars in the territory, Catholic church records, district, county, and Supreme court records, some marriage records, a marriage index from 1906-1992 with a 20 year gap from 1926-1946, poll books, voter abstracts, local histories, maps, and tax rolls from 1845-1900.
For information on state Genealogical Societies, write to:
- Genealogical Forum of Oregon, Inc.
Headquarters and Library
2130 S.W. 5th Ave., Suite 220
Portland, OR 97201
Phone: (503) 227-2398
- Hours: Monday and Saturday 9:30-3:00, Tuesday and Thursday 9:30-8:00, Sunday noon-5:00.
- Publications: Bulletin-Genealogical Forum of Oregon, The Forum Insider Newsletter, Genealogical Forum of Portland Oregon Yearbook.
- Genealogical Heritage Council of Oregon
Douglas County Courthouse, Room 111
P.O. Box 579
Roseburg, OR 97470
Phone: (541) 440-6178
- Hours: Tuesday-Friday 1:00-4:00, first Tuesday of the month 10:00-8:00, closed all other days.
- Oregon Genealogical Society
223 North "A" Street, Suite F, Springfield (location)
P.O. Box 10306 (mailing address)
Eugene, OR 97440-2306
Phone: Telephone: (541) 746-7924
- Hours: Monday 10:00-2:00, Wednesday and Friday 10:00-6:00, Saturday 10:00-4:00 (except the fourth Saturday of each month), Sunday 12:00-4:00, closed Tuesday and Thursday.
- Publications: Oregon Genealogical Society Quarterly, Oregon Genealogical Society Newsletter.
